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(Image source: New York Post / Gabriella Bass ) BY MATT PICHT New York subway riders had claws for alarm Thursday morning when a purr-fect cat-astrophe put the train service on paws. Have you guessed what happened yet? You got it: kittens! Two adventurous felines caused the B and Q lines of the New York subway system to shut down for two hours after the cats were spotted on the tracks. (Via CNN ) The New York Times reports the kittens’ owner told station employees the cats had escaped at 11 a.m. The Metropolitan Transit Authority turned off power to the rails while workers scoured the tracks for any signs of the strays. One MTA employee even resorted to Twitter to coax out the clawstraphobic kitties, but to no avail — the trains were restarted around 1 P.M. with the cats nowhere in sight. An issue of this magnitude and severity naturally attracted pundits. First, MSNBC questions the official story about which subway lines were taken out by the cats. “Do you know what line they disrupted? The feline.” “Nooooooo! Gee whiz, golly.” (Via MSNBC ) And a Fox News correspondent thinks the MTA may have stumbled upon a sustainable pest control system to handle the Metro’s infamous rat population. “We should probably put more cats into the subway system to kill all the rats. That would be a good idea, actually.” “That actually is a great idea.” “The rats would kill the kittens.” (Via Fox News ) But the shutdown was no laughing matter for the stranded commuters, as WABC reports. “It’s a waste of money. They could have been doing something else, it’s a waste of money. But that’s MTA for you.” Discontent over the shut-down trains led New York Magazine to ask: how much is the life of a cat worth, anyway? “What if some people missed job interviews because of the long, unexpected delay? What if they were late for big meetings? What if they missed important doctor appointments? … It’s unfortunate, but animals die sometimes. It’s not like they were puppies, anyway.” Seriously, New York Mag? You better just be kitten around. Fortunately, curiosity didn’t kill these two cats. They were recovered with police help at around 6 p.m., and are now resting comfortably in a nearby shelter. (Via New York Magazine ) The cats, who have been named Arthur and August, have been put up for adoption.

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